Columbia Alums
Prospective transfer student looking to lateral to Columbia. Hoping to get in and nothing is for certain. 1) I see on this forum that alumni network isn’t super responsive, super competitive, and that there is a huge diversity thing at Columbia. 2) As a straight white/asian dude (planning to do Math/Econ) is it worth to transfer or will the deflation hurt me. I do have a few successful pitch competitions so I think I could get into a club, but besides Lionfund is their placement good? my current school is amazing with EBs and PE and
part of my reasoning preprofessionally: my has a responsive but smaller alumni base. however that push for HF and PE isn’t there like at columbia, so idk if it’s feasible to have versatility in a sense. also their placements seem absurd, placing at legit every firm every year
Anyone with your own experience/knowledge would it be worth?
Take Columbia and never look back. You’ll realize that clubs mean absolutely nothing when you attend a school like that, name, GPA, and experience is what matters.
Yeah most likely I will if I get in. big if tho
It’s alright but will not be leaps and bounds easier to recruit than in your current institution.
Just wondering, why? They have huge numbers at every tech company, hedge fund, bank, etc.
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Nobody here has touched on the fact that it matters if you're transferring into GS or SEAS/CC
Yeah no im doing CC/SEAS. I’m a traditional freshman
The school you're currently at matters…like, if you're already at Cornell (judging by the fact that another post says "Ivy") I can't help but think this seems pointless.
Naw you’re close (not cornell) but yeah i see where you coming from .
If you're already at an Ivy, recruiting should not be a consideration at all in transferring. Does not matter. I transferred to Columbia from another T25 school, beyond a certain point marginal benefit of prestige / network is nonexistent. Switching costs probably outweight the benefit from a recruiting standpoint -- you're already in clubs, maybe know seniors who will be graduating and in the workforce when you're recruiting.
Clubs don’t mean shit. Just show involvement in school and that’s enough.
Source: attended Columbia in IB.
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